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'''Peter Reveen''', also known as '''Reveen''', '''The Great Reveen''', and '''Reveen The Impossiblist''' was one of the founding members of [[The Magic Castle]].<ref>http://forums.geniimagazine.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=42021</ref> | '''Peter Reveen''' (1935-2013), also known as '''Reveen''', '''The Great Reveen''', and '''Reveen The Impossiblist''' was one of the founding members of [[The Magic Castle]].<ref>http://forums.geniimagazine.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=42021</ref> | ||
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Born in Adelaide, Australia, Reveen immigrated to the United States in 1973. He became internationally renowned through his touring theater show, which combined magic, illusion, hypnotism, and "supernatural memory demonstrations." Since 1962, he has sold more than half a million copies of his "superconscious recordings" on LP, cassette and CD and he received his first gold record in 1967 for 100,000 sales of '''Relax With Reveen'''. | Born in Adelaide, Australia, Reveen immigrated to the United States in 1973. He became internationally renowned through his touring theater show, which combined magic, illusion, hypnotism, and "supernatural memory demonstrations." Since 1962, he has sold more than half a million copies of his "superconscious recordings" on LP, cassette and CD and he received his first gold record in 1967 for 100,000 sales of '''Relax With Reveen'''. | ||
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* The Linking Ring, Vol. 69, No. 3, March 1989, Memoirs Of A Magician's Ghost by John Booth, REVEEN: MASTER OF THE SUPERCONSCIOUS, page 57 | * The Linking Ring, Vol. 69, No. 3, March 1989, Memoirs Of A Magician's Ghost by John Booth, REVEEN: MASTER OF THE SUPERCONSCIOUS, page 57 | ||
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Revision as of 06:25, 18 May 2014
| Peter Reveen | |
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| Born | Peter James Ryan October 8, 1935 Adelaide, Australia |
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| Died | April 8, 2013 (age 77) Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Categories | Books by Peter Reveen |
Peter Reveen (1935-2013), also known as Reveen, The Great Reveen, and Reveen The Impossiblist was one of the founding members of The Magic Castle.[1]
Biography
Born in Adelaide, Australia, Reveen immigrated to the United States in 1973. He became internationally renowned through his touring theater show, which combined magic, illusion, hypnotism, and "supernatural memory demonstrations." Since 1962, he has sold more than half a million copies of his "superconscious recordings" on LP, cassette and CD and he received his first gold record in 1967 for 100,000 sales of Relax With Reveen.
He was also immortalized in a 1960s comic book, Reveen & Sons Unlimited. In 2009, CBC television in Canada aired a documentary on his life and career entitled The Man They Called Reveen.
Awards
- Performing Fellowship from the Academy of Magical Arts (1997)
- Dragon Award from the IBM
Books
- The Superconscious World (1987)
References
- Reveen's Official Site
- Reveen Comic Book
- Cover Genii 1962 September
- Cover Genii 1974 September
- The Linking Ring, Vol. 69, No. 3, March 1989, Memoirs Of A Magician's Ghost by John Booth, REVEEN: MASTER OF THE SUPERCONSCIOUS, page 57